COVID-19 testing during care home outbreaks: the more the better?

Age Ageing. 2021 Sep 11;50(5):1433-1435. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab100.

Authors

Robert O Barker¹, Anita Astle², Karen Spilsbury^{3

4}, Barbara Hanratty^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
² Wren Hall Nursing Home, Nottingham, UK.
³ School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁴ NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber, UK.
⁵ NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, Newcastle, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; care home; long-term care facility; mass testing; older people.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
Humans
Long-Term Care
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

North of England Care Support Unit